Tuesday, June 02, 2020

Pies!

My mother returned to work outside the home, when I was about 9 or 10.  She enjoyed working, it also meant that my slightly older sister and I were home unsupervised for the summer. One day we picked apples from the tree behind the honey house, and made an Apple Pie.  The pie was good, making the pastry was well shall I say messy.  Rather than being pleased with the pie, my mother was furious about the mess that the pastry left behind in the kitchen, flour on the floor.  I have to say, I was emotionally scared by the experience.  I had an irrational fear of making pastry, that I have worked diligently over the past few years to overcome.  I have gotten pretty good at it. 

I like pie. Fruit pies, cream pies, custard pies, savory pies, and tarts.  I don't often make them, with the two of us, and some responsibility to watch our diets (we try to limit carbs) pastry, like anything is okay in moderation.  It is hard to practice moderation when a whole pie is in the house with just two people. We wouldn't want it to go to waste.  

I seldom order dessert in a restaurant, then I will see something like the chocolate cream pie above,  and order it instead of lunch.  I don't know how the pickle ended up on the side, but it looks yummy.  

What is your favorite pie? 

23 comments:

  1. I needed this post. You'd like me then if you like tarts!!!!! Your the first person to get a joke out of me since Friday.

    To answer your question.... a nice hot warm apple pie!!!!!!!! Blueberry a close second.

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    1. Wrap you in pastry, and top with whipped cream!

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    2. sounds like every day at the casa! washed down with gin!

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  2. lemon meringue first, peach second, strawberry third.

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  3. Classic French apple tarte. :)

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    1. I bet you have a good recipe for that.

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    2. you should see walt's tarts; he pictures them on his blog! he makes apple and pear tarts!

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  4. SG’s lemon meringue... no, his apple... no, his sour cream and raisin, no, his pumpkin... no, his strawberry rhubarb... no, his peach... oh hell!

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    1. I had sour cream & raisin pie in wisconsin once...OMFG! FABU!

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    2. Anything SG makes is heavenly?

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    3. Sour cream and raisin sounded terrible to me. SG brought the recipe from South Dakota. I loved it, although it's VERY rich. And, yes, anything SG makes IS heavenly.

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  5. I make a mean, from scratch, cherry pie with a sugared, lattice top. The key is a fourth teaspoon of real almond extract--it gives it a bit of a bite. It never looks as good as I want it to, but everyone raves, so who am I to argue. I also make a chocolate cream pie from scratch, too, but it is too tiring now to stand and stir constantly at the stove for five minutes.

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  6. I will take Southern Pecan pie over any other kind! Definitely not low cal nor low carb! LOL

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    1. Add chocolate and there is a bakery in Louisville that calls it a derby pie, I went to grad school in Louisville.

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  7. does chicken pot pie count?

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    1. Yummy! I can make that

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    2. Ooh, I didn't even think of chicken pot pie! My mouth is watering.

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